Lumen
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Lumen is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Lumen mean?
Latin: Latin lumen
“light”
Latin word for light, also the scientific unit of luminous flux.
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Is Lumen a girl's or a boy's name?
Lumen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 18 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Lumen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lumen, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lumen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Lumen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Lumen, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011. 6 boys were also named Lumen in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Lumen in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 75% of the babies named Lumen in the US were girls.
Lumen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
Names like Lumen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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